The Origin of Utility
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Keywords
Natural selection; Utility; Darwin; Sexual selection;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2006-11-04 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2006-11-04 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2006-11-04 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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